Improvement in reservoirs for compressed air



UNITED STATES LOUIS RANSOM, OF LANSINGBURG, NEIV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN RESERVOIRS' FOR COMPRESSED AIR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,787, dated September5, 1865.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs RANsoM, of Lansingburg, in the county ofRensselaer and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedReservoir for` Compressed Air; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,'which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspeciication, in which- Figure l represents a longitudinal verticalsection of this invention, the line or a, Fig. 2, indicating the planeof section. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, partly in section.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a receiver or reservoir which is designed toreceive the air from a condensing-engine, and from its largeradiating-surface give oft' the heat which by compression is liberatedfrom the air, While to facilitate the operation of cooling, the tubeleading from the condensing-engine is immersed in water and the airforced through it into the tubes or vessels constituting the receiver.The air compressed into this receiver is designed to propel street-cars,other vehicles, and machinery.

A represents a series of vessels, made of iron or any other suitablematerial, in the form of cylinders or any other desirable form or shape.These vessels are placed close together, and they are connected witheach other by means of pipes a, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The air from the condensing-engine enters PATENT OFFICE.

sisting` internal pressure and the facility with which the air in themmay be cooled.

My reservoir is constructed of a series of vessels, so that it can beeasily repaired. If

vone of the vessels sustains an injury, it can be readily removed andreplaced by a sound one Without disturbing any of the other parts.

It is obvious that the number ofthe vessels A used in my reservoir maybe increased to any desired extent, according to the quantity of air tobe compressed, and from said reservoir the compressed air can beconducted to a long distance by suitable air-tight pipes, and a sourceof power is obtained which is cheap and reliable.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The coil c,immersed under water, in combination with the supply-pipe b andreservoir A, constructed and operating as and for the purpose set forth.

LOUIS RANSOM.

Witnesses EUGENE HYATT, ALFRED SEAMAN.

